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Philosophy took precedence over Religion in India and there have been many philosophies in course of time, and finally the six famous came to hold: Mimamsa, Purva and Uttara the latter also known as Vedanta; Samkhya and Yoga; and Nyayan and Vaisheshika, Religious practices developed around one or the other at times modifying them to suite their ends. Gods did not hold so supreme a place in Indian thought-systems, and another concept, that of Atman and Brahman, ...
The Buddha, Christ and Gandhi - the great three are universally regarded as harbingers of harmony, compassion and peace, the first of whom is once again being revived in modern times to sort out the present day problems of unprecedented violence and terror -- the Holy Dalai Lama being one powerful expression of his message and piety. His was history’s first religion of peace which spread all over Asia, including its western regions, without any use of ...